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Use this tag for questions about loading, configuring, or compiling them. See also /drivers for questions about which modules to use for specific hardware. A kernel module is a bit of code that can be added into the kernel by the administrator while the system is running, typically providing one ...

I want to use the variables from another Makefile under the directory ~/kernelbuild/linux-3.14.37 in my own shell script.
Following is the variables that I need:
VERSION = 3
PATCHLEVEL = 14
SUBLEVEL ...

I want to apply a qdisc I developed on myself (quite similar to netem. Think netem.) to several IP-addresses using the filter classifier. No problem this far, I could do so using the prio qdisc or HTB ...

This question is a follow up of this one. I am trying to compile the ELF loader as an individual LKM and use it as a standalone application(replacing the original module within the base kernel sounds ...

This question is a follow up of this one. I am trying to compile the ELF loader as an individual LKM and use it as a standalone application(replacing the original module within the base kernel sounds ...

Background: I am currently in the process of updating a Industrial PC + software from Debian 4 (etch) to Debian 7 (Wheezy) due to hardware obsolescence, one of the few pieces of hardware being shared ...

This is an update to my previous problem with wireless adapter or module in Ubuntu 12.04.
Now when I move my laptop around a little, the wireless connection is lost but very quickly back on (update: ...

I have few questions about system calls and kernel modules.
Let's assume we have two applications (A and B) and each of them is running on a different core. (A-CPU 0, B-CPU 1)
When two applications ...

Compiling the Kernel requires me to configure modules. I am unsure how to configure a Kernel which only supports following things:
Programs compiled with gcc on other machines (glibc).
I want to run ...

The very little documentation about /proc/filesystems says it is a "list of supported file systems". I see a lot of file system modules in /lib/modules/linux_ver/kernel/fs, most of which do not appear ...

I trying to use intel embedded HD 4400 graphics.
As best as I know, it's need to load i915 kernel module (and the kernel module loader also try to load it) without success because it's depends from ...

First, I realise that askubuntu exists, but a kernel panic is probably more GNU/Linux (kernel and low-level system programs) than distro specific.
So I already have a solution to mitigate the kernel ...

I'd like to add an alias to a kernel module, e.g. make nvidia-343 available as nvidia on Ubuntu 14.10 with Linux 3.18.1, so that it can be loaded under the alias name and so that the alias appear in ...

Linux 3.17 has a commit which supports hotplug of thunderbolt of non-chained thunderbolt devices. But what does "non-chained thunderbolt devices" mean? Is a thunderbolt to ethernet adapter a chained ...

I need to find out which driver/module version is contained in a kernel which isn't installed. Is there a document in the source that contains this or something listed online that haven't been able to ...

I'm trying to use the TL-WN725N as an USB WiFi-Adapter with Fedora 20.
I followed these insructions and the adapter worked fine and even survived two updates during the last few weeks.
Then I did a ...

I have been struggling to find a solution for loading module ath9k into the kernel and I have met a dead end.
The kernel is 3.17.1 taken from kernel.org and I am compiling it in Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) ...